force. she shot a man. i would have preferred had duante wright follow the commands and not try to flee, sure. does that absolve her from liability? it does not. the jury has access to the video evidence in the case and also will be able to handle both the taser and handgun of officer kim potter the see and feel the difference for themselves. the jury is now fully sequestered until they reach a verdict. we re told that they re likely going to be deliberating until 6:00 p.m. local tonight before they come back again tomorrow morning, martha. martha: going to be very interesting to see how long it takes this jury. garrett, thanks very much. let s bring in mercedes colwin, criminal defense attorney and fox news legal analyst. the last point that garrett made is very interesting. the jury has the option to hold
gather with families, that they do an at-home rapid test before happened. we ve seeing a look of supply at stores. there s long lines across the northeast. what is the white house doing to help get access to the test and will the president speak to the frustration that many are feeling during his remarks today? absolutely he will. i will note to date we always said this is a building process. our objective is to make tests accessible and free for americans. there s a lot of ways to do that and different ways that americans are getting access martha: we re going to keep a close eye on this. i want to bring back peter king, former new york republican, congressman. jen psaki said she stood by the statement that she made the other day when she was asked, do you feel betrayed by senator
the president sees manchin as a long-time friend and our objective and focus is moving forward. where do the lines of communication stand at this point between the president and joe manchin, joe manchin and the white house staff? is there contact at all? i m just not going to give you an update on specifics from here. quickly on covid. ahead of tomorrow s speech, should americans restrict any new restrictions? this is not a speech about locking the country down. this is about being direct, clear with the american people about the benefits of being vaccinated, the steps we re going to take to increase access and testing and the risks posed to unvaccinated individuals. does the president still trust senator manchin? again, our statement yesterday made clear what the course of events were the last couple weeks. it was important for the miles per hour people to know and see
president s responsibility is to continue to convey the risks, to continue to make sure that we re increasing access for vaccines, access to information for the public. that s what you ll hear him talk about tomorrow. does the white house share the statement with senator manchin before it was put out and what was his reaction to that? i m not going to detail private discussions or sharing of statements in advance. on his call-out to democrats or badgering him, saying that they believe that he could be moved in his position somehow. is there any regret within the white house or the democratic leadership about how this negotiation went given that statement from him, if he feels his been badgered and beaten? that is not our objective, never has been. our objective is getting this legislation passed and reminding the american people and all people that could vote for it
also talked about the pfizer anti-viral pill should be fast tracked. are any of those things under consideration? we re in touch with the city of new york as well as all officials across the country experiencing upticks. we ve sent 30 ambulances to the state and accompanying personnel to help balance patient loads. we ve used the defense production act and spend $3 billion to greatly expand the number of at-home tests. that s something that we ve tapped into. the president will have more to say tomorrow in his remarks about our efforts to expand access. go ahead. senator manchin this morning said they put some things out that were inexcusable. they know what it is and that s it. do you know what he s referring to there and do you have a response to comments about the staff? i don t. i would point you to senator manchin to outline further. can you talk about the cost